3 weeks today I will have been standing in a queue for around 5 hours. In November. In the cold.
But who cares?! Fact is that when that wait is over I will get to see my most favourite band play live for the first time. Not only that but I get to go with people that I have come to love.
30 Seconds To Mars had challenged fans to ‘glyph’ (those are the red symbols you see behind us) our local areas and submit the photos.
It’s part of what makes this crazy fanbase so much fun to be part of! Chances to be creative and step outside the much heralded ‘comfort zone’ all in the name of music and community.
There’s a few reasons why I’m excited. First and foremost is obviously to see the band play live. By all accounts it’s frenetic and energetic and a lot of other good words!
Second, of course, is that I get to go with my girls! Tweaks and I were talking the other day about how it’s going to feel when these guys become actual real human beings! Until now they’ve been living in our stereos and computer screens. It’s going to be weird in the best way.
Third, I get to meet people that I’ve been talking to on the internet for quite some time. Lots of screennames are also going to become real people.
Fourth, dress up time! Homemade T-shirts (T shirt test is happening tonight ladies, will email results!), bandanas and possibly even facepaints!
Fifth, road trip! Leaving home at 4am, queue, see gig, get back in car, home at sometime! It’s going to be a loooong day!
But so worth it. This is going to be a highlight of my 2009. There haven’t been too many hugely bright spots this year, other than the birth of my youngest niece.
I get the feeling that this gig signals the era of good stuff in my life. Don’t ask me why I think that because I really can’t tell you! Hard to define a gut feeling.
I’m turning 35 3 days before the gig and I feel like a giddy teenager at the thought of it! (Is it too early for me to have a mid-life crisis?!) You can’t put a price on that.
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